New wasteland development project ‘under implementation’ in Yerevan

17:39 • 19.11.18

The Yerevan municipality has received many proposals for organizing the waste management of the city, Mayor Hayk Marutyan said today, adding that a wasteland development project is currently under implementation.

“We are considering all the options to focus on the proposal that will be the best-suited to Yerevan as a community,” he told the city council members.

Marutyan noted that the new project receives funding from a European bank.

“Simultaneously, we are considering a recycling plant construction project. In the course of my recent trip to France, I told Valérie Pécresse, the president of the Regional Council of Île-de-France, that we have transport-related and waste-management problems. And the response by the council president came immediately, as she visited [Yerevan] with a delegation including corresponding specialists.”

Marutyan said that they first addressed the topic earlier today, agreeing to arrange a week-long or two-week-long visit for specialists in the nearest future. “We will conduct joint studies in both the transport sector and waste management to have the specific outcomes,” he added.